Bill-book



. (No Model.)

W. S. DECKER.

BILL 'BOOK.

No. 506,628. Patented Oct. 10, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. DECKER, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN.

BILL-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,628, dated October10, 1893.

Application filed April 23,1892. Serial No. 430,441. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. DECKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Muskegon, in the county of Muskegon and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bill-Books, ofwhich the following, with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to bill books, and its object is a simple,convenient and comparatively inexpensive device for carrying billswherein bills may be convenientlyarranged to be easily found; and toprovide for using the full expansibility of the book without referenceto the relative space filled between the leaves of the book.

The invention consists in the details of construction and combination ofparts as described herein and defined in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my book open, part of thepocket being broken away. Fig. 2isa cross-section of Fig. 1 on the line00 00. Fig. 3 is an end view of my book partly expanded. Fig. 4 is asectional view of Fig. 1 on the line x at with the separable leavesremoved, and Fig. 5 is an end view of the separable leaves removed fromthe pocket. I

Like numerals of reference in the difierent figures of the drawingsrefer to like parts.

1 is a pocket, having expansible ends 2, and a flexible flap 3 to lapover the open side of the book to close it. Within the pocket 1 isplaced a series of leaves 4, which are fastened together attheirloweredge bya thread 5,0rsecured together by othersuitable means.

These leaves are indexed on their outer edge by cutting the edge of theleaves away and placing on them the letters of the alphabet, asillustrated by Fig. 1. These leaves are made shorter than the inside ofthe pocket, and are secured within the pocket in any suitable manner.

The purpose of making theleavesl shorter than the pocket is to allow thepocket to expand freely without reference to the relative space filledbetween the different leaves 4. by bills or papers. In this manner, ifmany bills be placed between any two leaves and few or no bills beplaced between other leaves, the whole expansion of the pocket isutilized for the space occupied by the inclosed bills wherever placed.This could not be done if the leaves extended to the ends of the book,as then the only room between any two leaves would be the expansion ofthat part of the end opposite these two leaves; and when the spacebetween some of the leaves is filled and others not filled, onlya partof the expansion of the ends could be used.

Upon the pocket, under the flap 3 is placed a memoranda 6, asillustrated. This memoranda may be made of slate or other material fromwhich pencil marks may be erased, or it may be a removable pad fromwhich used slips may be torn. This enables the user to keep trace ofcollections made, engagements, &c. The book may also be made withexpansible back (not shown), and two or more pockets may be combinedtogether in one book.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a bill -book, of a pocket 1 having expansibleends 2 and a flexible flap 3, with a series of leaves that are shorterthan the inside of the pocket, said leaves being indexed on their outeredge with the letters of the alphabet, and being fastened together attheirlower edge and secured within the pocket, whereby the full eX-pansibility of the book is used without reference to the relative spacefilled between the several leaves of the book,substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A bill-book having a pocket provided with expansible ends and aflexible flap, a memoranda blank secured to the side of the book overwhich the flexible flap laps, and a series of l aves that are shorterthan the inside of the pocket, said leaves being indexed on their outeredge with the letters of the alphabet, and being fastened together attheir lower edge and secured within the pocket whereby the fullexpansibility of the book is used without reference to the relativespace filled between the several leaves of the book, substantially asshown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 14th day of April, 1892.

WILLIAM S. DECKER.

